langs: 20 декабря [ru] / december 20 [en] / 20. dezember [de] / 20 décembre [fr] / 20 dicembre [it] / 20 de diciembre [es]
days: december 17 / december 18 / december 19 / december 20 / december 21 / december 22 / december 23
Georgy Bogdanovich Yakulov , (Armenian Յակուլյան Գևորգ Բոգդանի Georges Yakulov (January 2 (14), 1884, Tiflis — December 28, 1928, Yerevan ) - Russian and soviet artist of Armenian origin, painter , graphic artist , decorator, set designer , art theorist . Close to the circle of avant-garde innovator
Cooper (stylized as COOPER ; born Brian Cooper , 1976) is an American artist known for sculptures and assemblages He lives and works in Alaska . American artist This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2021 ) Cooper Born Miami, Florida Nationality American Known for Ins
#3 Fred Wagner
Fred Wagner , born Frederick R. Wagner (December 20, 1860 – January 14, 1940) [1] was one of the earliest of the Pennsylvania impressionists . [2] He was born in Port Kennedy, Pennsylvania , grew up in Norristown , and spent most of his life in Philadelphia painting its harbors, bridges, parks, trai
#4 Otto Sinding
Otto Ludvig Sinding (20 December 1842 – 22 November 1909) was a Norwegian painter , illustrator, poet and dramatist. Sinding drew on motives from Norwegian nature, folk life and history. Norwegian painter and poet (1842–1909) Fiskerjente på strand (1883) Fisherwoman on the coast
Leslie Gilbert Illingworth (2 September 1902 – 20 December 1979) was a Welsh political cartoonist best known for his work for the Daily Mail and for becoming the chief cartoonist at the British satirical periodical Punch . [1] Leslie Gilbert Illingworth Born ( 1902-09-02 ) 2 September 1902 Barry , W
Antoine Vitez ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan vitɛz] ; 20 December 1930 – 30 April 1990) was a French actor, director, and poet. He became a central character and influence on the French theater in the post-war period, especially in the technique of teaching drama. He was also translator of Chek
Ettore Ximenes (11 April 1855, Palermo – 20 December 1926, Rome ) was an Italian sculptor. Italian sculptor (1855–1926) Ettore Ximenes with a sculpture model of opera singer Enrico Caruso .
Michele Panebianco (20 December 1806 - 4 April 1873) was an Italian painter. He was born and died in Messina . Italian painter Gelon Granting Peace Terms to the Defeated Carthaginians on Condition That They Give Up Human Sacrifice , 1852
Paul-Émile Pissarro , also Paulémile Pissarro or Paul Émile Pissarro (22 August 1884 in Éragny-sur-Epte , France – 20 January 1972 in Clécy in the department of Calvados , France) was a French impressionist and neo-impressionist painter. He came from the Pissarro family of artists. French painter
#10 Anne Davidson
Anne Ross Davidson, DA (3 February 1937 in Glasgow – 20 December 2008 in Aberdeen ) was a Scottish sculptor and artist. Many of her commissioned works are on public view in Scotland and abroad. Scottish artist and sculptor Sculpture of Woman And Child in Edinburgh (1986). The statue celebrated the c
#11 Hugo Heyrman
Hugo Heyrman (born December 20, 1942) known by his artist name Dr. Hugo Heyrman , is a leading Belgian painter, filmmaker, internet pioneer, synesthesia and new media researcher. [1] Hugo Heyrman Dr. Hugo Heyrman playing at the Florian , Venice 1997 Born ( 1942-12-20 ) December 20, 1942 (age 79) Z
Jean Verschneider (28 August 1872 – 20 December 1943) was a French sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics . [1] French sculptor Jean Verschneider Born ( 1872-08-28 ) 28 August 1872 Died 20 December 1943 (1943-12-20) (aged 71) Nationali
#13 Roxy Paine
Roxy Paine (born 1966, [1] New York City ) is an American painter and sculptor widely known for his installations that often convey elements of conflict between the natural world and the artificial plains man creates. He was educated at both the College of Santa Fe (now Santa Fe University of Art an
Helen Stadelbauer (December 20, 1910 – April 6, 2006) [1] was a Canadian painter and educator known for her establishment of the Art Department at the University of Calgary . [2] Helen Stadelbauer Born ( 1910-12-20 ) December 20, 1910 Calgary , Alberta , Canada Died April 6, 2006 (2006-04-06) (aged
Salvatore Postiglione ( Naples , December 20, 1861 – Naples, November 28, 1906) was an Italian painter, mainly of portraits, and historic and genre subjects, in a Realist style. Italian painter
#16 Grigory Gagarin
Prince Grigory Grigorievich Gagarin ( Russian: Григорий Григорьевич Гагарин , 11 May [ O.S. 29 April ] 1810 - 30 January [ O.S. 18 January ] 1893 ) was a Russian painter, Major General and administrator. [1] Russian painter Portrait of Grigory Gagarin by Alexandr Munster
#17 Ricardo Bellver
Ricardo Bellver ( Madrid , 23 February 1845 — Madrid, 20 December 1924) was a Spanish sculptor . Spanish sculptor Ricardo Bellver Ricardo Bellver (1891) Born ( 1845-02-23 ) 23 February 1845 Madrid, Spain Died 20 December 1924 (1924-12-20) (aged 79) Madrid, Spain Nationality Spanish Education sculp
#18 Barbara Hepworth
Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth DBE (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. [1] Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo , Hepworth was a leading figure in the colony of artists who resided in
Karl Ludwig Friedrich Becker (18 December 1820 – 20 December 1900) was a German history painter and president of the Berlin Academy . [1] German painter This article is about the German painter. For other people named Carl or Karl Becker, see Carl Becker (disambiguation) . Karl Becker, 1860s
#20 Frederick Richard Pickersgill
Frederick Richard Pickersgill RA [nb 1] (25 September 1820 – 20 December 1900) was an English painter and book illustrator . Born in London into a family of artists, he was admitted to the Royal Academy Schools in 1840. [2] He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1839 and 1875. Most of t
#1 Musée national des Monuments Français
The Musée national des Monuments Français ( English: National Museum of French Monuments ) is today a museum of plaster casts of French monuments located in the Palais de Chaillot , 1, place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, Paris , France . It now forms part of the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrim
Christine Abrahams Gallery, first named Axiom, was a Melbourne gallery showing contemporary Australian art between 1980 and 2008. Australian Art Gallery
#3 303 Gallery
303 Gallery is an art gallery in Manhattan , New York. It was established in 1984 by owner and director Lisa Spellman, described by art critic Jerry Saltz as "one of the greatest New York gallerists of our time". [1] The gallery hosts contemporary works by contemporary American artists, including fi
#4 Smack Mellon
Smack Mellon is a non-profit arts organization located at 92 Plymouth Street, in Dumbo, Brooklyn . Smack Mellon supports emerging, under-recognized mid-career, and women artists through a highly regarded exhibition program, competitive studio residency, and technical support to realize new and ambit
#5 National Gallery of Modern Art
The National Gallery of Modern Art ( NGMA ) is the premier art gallery under Ministry of Culture , Government of India. [1] The main museum at Jaipur House in New Delhi was established on 29 March 1954 by the Government of India , with subsequent branches at Mumbai and Bangalore . Its collection of
The Pontevedra Museum , (formerly the Pontevedra Provincial Museum ), is a museum in the Galician city of Pontevedra in Spain. It was founded by the Deputation of Pontevedra on 30 December 1927 and has six buildings for its exhibitions. [3] Museum in Pontevedra, Spain Pontevedra Museum Museo de Pont
The Royal Castle in Warsaw ( Polish : Zamek Królewski w Warszawie ) is a royal residence that formerly served throughout the centuries as the official home of Polish monarchs . It is situated in Castle Square , at the entrance to the Warsaw Old Town . The personal offices of the king and the adminis
#8 Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West
Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West is located in Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona on the former site of the Loloma Transit Station (N Marshall Way and E 1st St), and opened in January 2015. The two-story, 43,000-square-foot museum features the art, culture and history of 19 states in the Am
#9 Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis (St. Louis)
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis , also known as the Saint Louis Cathedral , is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church located in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri . Completed in 1914, it is the mother church of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the seat of its archbisho
#10 The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop
The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop (1973–2010) was an Australian photography gallery established in South Yarra , a suburb of Melbourne , and which ran almost continuously for nearly forty years. Its representation, in the 1970s and 1980s, of contemporary and mid-century, mostly American and so
The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art ( KNMA ) is a private modern and contemporary art museum with locations in New Delhi and Noida . [1] [2] Established in 2010, it is India's first private museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art. The core collection of the institution comprises post-independence
The Reiss Engelhorn Museum , or Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen ( rem for short), is a museum in Mannheim , Germany . It has an exhibition area of 11,300 square metres (122,000 sq ft) , and houses around 1.2 million objects. [1] Museum in Mannheim, Germany Reiss Engelhorn Museum Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Lo
#13 NT-Art Gallery
Non-commercial NT-Art Gallery was opened by Anatoliy Dymchuk [1] in Odesa on December 20, 2007, based on the collection which includes more than 3,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs and installations from the 1950s to the present day. Diversity is the key theme of the collection. It in
291 is the commonly known name for an internationally famous art gallery that was located in Midtown Manhattan at 291 Fifth Avenue in New York City from 1905 to 1917. Originally called the " Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession ", the gallery was established and managed by photographer Alfred Sti
The São Paulo Museum of Art ( Portuguese : Museu de Arte de São Paulo , or MASP ) is an art museum located on Paulista Avenue in the city of São Paulo , Brazil. [2] [3] It is well known for its headquarters, a 1968 concrete and glass structure designed by Lina Bo Bardi , whose main body is supported
#16 Corsham Court
Corsham Court is an English country house in a park designed by Capability Brown . It is in the town of Corsham , 3 miles (5 km) west of Chippenham , Wiltshire , and is notable for its fine art collection, based on the nucleus of paintings inherited in 1757 by Paul Methuen from his uncle, Sir Pa
#17 TeamLab Planets TOKYO DMM.com
teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM.com is an art facility that utilizes digital technology and was established by teamLab and DMM.com . It is located in 6-chome, Toyosu , Koto-ku, Tokyo.
#18 Beaney House of Art and Knowledge
The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge is the central museum, library and art gallery of the city of Canterbury , Kent , England . It is housed in a Grade II listed building . Until it closed for refurbishment in 2009, it was known as the Beaney Institute or the Royal Museum and Art Gallery . It reop
#1 Statue of Paul Kruger, Church Square
The Statue of Paul Kruger ( Afrikaans : Krugerstandbeeld ) is a bronze sculpture located in Church Square in Pretoria , South Africa . The statue depicts Paul Kruger , the Boer political and military leader and President of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1900, and four unnamed Boer soldiers
Matthew E. Welsh is a public artwork by American artist Daniel Edwards . It is located on the third floor of the Indiana State House , which is in Indianapolis , Indiana , United States. The bronze bust depicts Matthew E. Welsh , the 41st governor of Indiana (1961–1965). [1] The bust measures 23.5 x
#3 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – An 80th Birthday Portrait
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – An 80th Birthday Portrait is a 2005 oil painting of Queen Elizabeth II by Rolf Harris , commissioned by the BBC for the Queen's 80th birthday. It was unveiled at the Queen's Gallery in Buckingham Palace and publicly displayed there from 2005 to 2006. A BBC television
The Girl in the Blue Bra is the name given to an image of an Egyptian woman who participated in the Tahrir Square protests in opposition to Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), the military coup that ousted Hosni Mubarak during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution in opposition to Mubarak's p
The Pioneer Woman monument is a bronze sculpture in Ponca City, Oklahoma , designed by Bryant Baker and dedicated on April 22, 1930. The statue is of a sunbonneted woman leading a child by the hand. It was donated to the State of Oklahoma by millionaire oilman E. W. Marland . He commissioned models
The Venus of Urbino (also known as Reclining Venus ) [1] is an oil painting by the Italian painter Titian , which seems to have been begun in 1532 or 1534, and was perhaps completed in 1534, but not sold until 1538. It depicts a nude young woman, traditionally identified with the goddess Venus , rec
#7 Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops
Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops is an 1831 painting produced in Rome by Horace Vernet . It is kept at the Walters Art Museum , Baltimore . 1831 oil painting by Horace Vernet Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops Artist Horace Vernet Year 1831 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 86.7 cm
#8 Winter Landscape near Haarlem
Winter Landscape near Haarlem (c. 1670s) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael . It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Städel . This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1911, who wrote; "992. A WINTER LA
Two Forms (Divided Circle) (BH 477) is a bronze sculpture by Barbara Hepworth , designed in 1969. Six numbered copies were cast, plus one (0/6) retained by the sculptress. [2] The sculpture's dimensions are 237 centimetres (93 in) by 234 centimetres (92 in) by 54 centimetres (21 in) . [1] Two
#10 John Swinton, Lord Swinton
The Hon John Swinton, Lord Swinton (1723–1799) [1] was a Scottish lawyer, judge and writer who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice . John Swinton, Lord Swinton, portrait by Henry Raeburn
The Blue Period ( Spanish : Período Azul ) is a term used to define the works produced by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso between 1901 and 1904 when he painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green, only occasionally warmed by other colors. These somber works, inspired b
Portrait of Suzanne Bloch is an oil on canvas painting executed by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso in Paris in 1904, towards the end of his Blue Period . The subject, Suzanne Bloch, was a singer known for her Wagner interpretations, and the sister of the violinist Henri Bloch. [2] The painting is h
#13 Murals of York, Pennsylvania
The Murals of York, Pennsylvania are a series of murals painted on the sides of buildings in York, Pennsylvania between 1996 and 2002. Paid for with local donations, the murals provide the community with details about some lesser-known people, businesses, and customs of the city while adding artisti
Sunil Kothari (20 December 1933 – 27 December 2020) [1] was a noted Indian dance historian, scholar and critic. He was also former Uday Shankar Professor at Ravindra Bharti University , Kolkata . [2] Indian academic (1933–2020) Sunil Kothari Sunil Kothari in 2015 Born ( 1933-12-20 ) December 20, 193
Jean Marie Chaumelin known as Marius Chaumelin (born 15 April 1833 in Paray-le-Monial , died 20 October 1889 in Paris ) was a French art critic , journalist and writer. He was director of customs for Caen (1881) and then in Paris (1884). [1] He was knighted in the Légion d'honneur on December 20, 18
Ralph Keuning (born 20 December 1961) is a Dutch art historian. He has been director of Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle since 2007. Dutch art historian This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messa
Princess Akiko of Mikasa ( 彬子女王 , Akiko Joō , born 20 December 1981) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the elder daughter of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa and Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (Nobuko). Japanese Princess Akiko Princess Akiko in May 2011 Born ( 1981-12-20 ) 20 December 1981 (age
#5 János Scholz
János Scholz (December 20, 1903 – June 3, 1993) was a Hungarian-born American cellist and art collector. American cellist and art collector János Scholz Born December 20, 1903 Sopron , Hungary Died June 3, 1993 New York City , U.S. Education Franz Liszt Academy of Music Occupation Cellist, art colle
Alfred Scharf (25 November 1900, Kynšperk nad Ohří – 20 December 1965, London ) was a German-born British art historian . [1]
Ettore Modigliani (Rome, 20 December 1873 – Milan, 22 June 1947) was an Italian museum director and art historian. [1]
Carlotta Nobile (Rome, 20 December 1988 – Benevento , 16 July 2013) was an Italian art historian , violinist, writer, blogger, and artistic director of Santa Sophia Academy chamber orchestra in Benevento from September 2010 up to her death. Polyhedral (having many sides) personality of artist and sc
Guido Dessauer (7 November 1915 – 13 January 2012) was a German physicist, pioneer in paper engineering , business executive, writer, art collector, patron of the arts, and academic. Born into a family of paper industrialists, he worked as an aerospace engineer during World War II and was an executi
#10 Guillermo Tovar y de Teresa
Guillermo Tovar de Teresa ( Mexico City , August 23, 1956 – idem , November 10, 2013) was a Mexican historian and an art collector (mainly of painting, literature and ancient books, deeply knowledgeable about the work of the great photographers in Mexico), bibliographer , philanthropist, cultural pr
Paul Armand Silvestre (18 April 1837 – 19 February 1901) was a 19th-century French poet and conteur born in Paris. Paul Armand Silvestre Born 18 April 1837 Paris Died 19 February 1901 (1901-02-19) (aged 63) Toulouse Occupation Chorégrapher Poet Librettist Silvestre at the peak of his career. He st
#12 Helga Pakasaar
Helga Pakasaar is a contemporary art curator and writer based in Vancouver , Canada. She has worked as curator at Polygon Gallery (formerly Presentation House Gallery) since 2003 and is now the Audain Chief Curator of Polygon. [1] [2] She has also curated exhibitions for Griffin Art Projects in Nort
#13 Alain Jouffroy
Alain Jouffroy (11 September 1928 – 20 December 2015) was a French writer, poet and artist. [1] This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French . (December 2014) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the F
#14 Gunnar Mascoll Silfverstolpe
Oscar Gunnar Mascoll Silfverstolpe (21 January 1893 – 26 June 1942) was a Swedish poet, translator, and member of the Swedish Academy . [1] [2] Swedish poet (1893–1942) Gunnar Mascoll Silfverstolpe Born ( 1893-01-21 ) 21 January 1893 Rytterne parish , Sweden Died 26 June 1942 (1942-06-26) (aged 49
Our Lady of Charity , also known as Our Lady of El Cobre , Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre or "la Vírgen de la Caridad", is a popular Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary known in many Catholic countries . Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre Queen and Patroness of Cuban peoples The present ima
The Minnesota Monument is an American Civil War memorial in the Little Rock National Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas . Also known as "Taps", it depicts a Union Army soldier, his bare head slightly bowed. His hands resting on the butt of his rifle, which is inverted, with the barrel resting on the
#3 Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument (Memphis, Tennessee)
The Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument is a bronze sculpture by Charles Henry Niehaus , Niehaus, one of the most preeminent sculptors in U.S. history was paid $25,000 in 1901 to create it, the equivalent of $676,000 in today’s money and all of it raised from private donations, [1] depicts Confederate S
#4 Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri , United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch , [5] it is the world's tallest arch [4] and Missouri's tallest accessible building . Some sources consider it the tallest human-ma
The Dupont Circle Fountain , formally known as the Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont Memorial Fountain , is a fountain located in the center of Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. It honors Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont , a prominent American naval officer and member of the Du Pont family . The
#6 Little Rock Confederate Memorial
The Little Rock Confederate Memorial is a stone memorial marker in Little Rock National Cemetery , Little Rock, Arkansas . Set in an overflow area of the cemetery on 21st and Barber Streets, it is a granite obelisk, mounted in a concrete base, measuring 18 feet (5.5 m) in height and a square base
#7 Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival
The Harbin International Ice and Snow festival ( Chinese : 哈尔滨国际冰雪节 ; pinyin : Hā'ěrbīn Guójì Bīngxuě Jié ) is an annual winter festival that takes place with a theme in Harbin , Heilongjiang , China , and now is the largest ice and snow festival in the world. At first participants in the festival w
The Utah monolith is a metal pillar that stood in a red sandstone slot canyon in northern San Juan County , Utah , United States. The pillar is 3 m (9.8 ft) tall and made of metal sheets riveted into a triangular prism . It was unlawfully placed on public land between July and October 2016; it s
#9 Katyń Memorial (Jersey City)
The Katyń Memorial is a bronze statue created by Polish-American sculptor Andrzej Pitynski in dedication to the victims of Stalin's March 5 1940 Katyn massacre in which thousands of Polish Army officers and intellectual leaders who had been interned at Kozielsk or imprisoned at Ostashkov and Starobi
#10 Charging Bull
Charging Bull , sometimes referred to as the Bull of Wall Street or the Bowling Green Bull , is a bronze sculpture that stands on Broadway just north of Bowling Green in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City . The 7,100-pound (3,200 kg) bronze sculpture, standing 11 feet (3.4 m) t
Rubber Duck is a series of several giant floating sculptures of yellow rubber ducks , designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman , which have appeared in many cities around the world, including Hong Kong , Pittsburgh , Toronto , Kaohsiung , Baku , and Sydney . Each Rubber Duck is recreated anew loca
#12 Leonardo's horse
Leonardo's Horse (also known as the Sforza Horse or the Gran Cavallo ("Great Horse") ) is a project for a bronze sculpture that was commissioned from Leonardo da Vinci in 1482 by the Duke of Milan Ludovico il Moro , but never completed. It was intended to be the largest equestrian statue in the worl
#13 Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
Since the 1960s, many municipalities in the United States have removed monuments and memorials on public property dedicated to the Confederate States of America (CSA; the Confederacy), and some, such as Silent Sam in North Carolina, have been torn down by protestors. Efforts to remove Confederate me
#14 Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky, Moscow
The Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky ( Russian : Памятник Дзержинскому ), also known by the nickname Iron Felix ( Russian : Железный Феликс ), commemorates Felix Dzerzhinsky , Bolshevik revolutionary and head of the first two Soviet state-security organizations, the Cheka and the OGPU . The monument, d
#15 Unconditional Surrender (sculpture)
Unconditional Surrender is a series of computer-generated statues by Seward Johnson that resemble an iconic 1945 photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt , V–J day in Times Square , but was said by Johnson to be based on a similar, less well-known, photograph by Victor Jorgensen that is in the public domain
#16 National Statuary Hall Collection
The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is composed of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history. Limited to two statues per state, the collection was originally set up in the old Hall of the House of Representatives , which was then re
#17 Eternal Light Peace Memorial
The Eternal Light Peace Memorial is a 1938 Gettysburg Battlefield monument dedicated on July 3, 1938, commemorating the 1913 Gettysburg reunion for the 50th anniversary of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1913. The natural gas flame in a one-ton bronze urn is atop a tower on a stone pedestri
#18 List of works similar to the 2020 Utah monolith
In late 2020, the appearance of a series of metal columns was reported internationally. Referred to as "monoliths", these sheet metal structures began to be constructed in the wake of the discovery of the Utah monolith , a 3 m (9.8 ft) -tall pillar made of metal sheets riveted into a triangular
The Equestrian Monument , more commonly known under its German original name Reiterdenkmal and the name Südwester Reiter ( Rider of South West ), was a monument in Windhoek , the capital of Namibia . It was inaugurated on 27 January 1912, the birthday of German emperor Wilhelm II . The monument hono
#20 Solovetsky Stone (Saint Petersburg)
The Solovetsky Stone is a monument to the victims of political repression in the Soviet Union and to those who have fought and fight for freedom. It stands in Troitskaya (Trinity) Square in Saint Petersburg , near several other buildings directly related to political repression in the Soviet era—the